Part A: What significant information did I learn about these interviews? Some significant information I learned about these interviews is how people lived their lives around religion and off risks. These people revolve their life around religion and it fuels them to go through the day. They usually do not make a lot of money, so they need a strong will to get by, day-to-day. Like Mr. Garavel said (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/garavel.html) that "I don't make so much money, but I don't get so much silica. In my end of the shed there ain't so much dust. I can laugh at the damn granite because it can't touch me. That's me. I ain't got no money, but I ain't got no silica either. My end of the shed don't get so much dust. It's like a knife, you know, that silica. Like a knife in your chest." He is talking about the disease a lot of stonecutters are getting, but how he would rather make no money then get that disease. This proves how they have to look for something else other than their hard work to keep them going every day, because he is hoping that he doesn't get silicia.
Part B: 1. Who is the person being interviewed? Jim Lewis 2. What is his title or position? Turpentine Worker 3. What is his race? black, Male, Middle-aged 4. Where is the Interview taking place? Mobile, Ala. 5. What is the date of the interview? February 20, 1939 6. Who is the interviewer? Helen S. Hartley
1. Who is the person being interviewed? The Lewis Family 2. What is his title or position? Fisherman 3. What is his race? Black 4. Where is the Interview taking place? Magazine Point, Alabama 5. What is the date of the interview? November 23, 1938 6. Who is the interviewer? Helen S. Hartley
What significant information did I learn about these interviews?
Some significant information I learned about these interviews is how people lived their lives around religion and off risks. These people revolve their life around religion and it fuels them to go through the day. They usually do not make a lot of money, so they need a strong will to get by, day-to-day. Like Mr. Garavel said (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/garavel.html) that "I don't make so much money, but I don't get so much silica. In my end of the shed there ain't so much dust. I can laugh at the damn granite because it can't touch me. That's me. I ain't got no money, but I ain't got no silica either. My end of the shed don't get so much dust. It's like a knife, you know, that silica. Like a knife in your chest." He is talking about the disease a lot of stonecutters are getting, but how he would rather make no money then get that disease. This proves how they have to look for something else other than their hard work to keep them going every day, because he is hoping that he doesn't get silicia.
Part B:
1. Who is the person being interviewed? Jim Lewis
2. What is his title or position? Turpentine Worker
3. What is his race? black, Male, Middle-aged
4. Where is the Interview taking place? Mobile, Ala.
5. What is the date of the interview? February 20, 1939
6. Who is the interviewer? Helen S. Hartley
1. Who is the person being interviewed? The Lewis Family
2. What is his title or position? Fisherman
3. What is his race? Black
4. Where is the Interview taking place? Magazine Point, Alabama
5. What is the date of the interview? November 23, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer? Helen S. Hartley